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Pictures from some recent gigs we've hosted:

29 March 2013 - Brixton, London

Viv Albertine, VuVuVultures, Left Leg, Mickey Gloss, Big Wave, No Cars, Arthur Gunn, Simon Love (Pictures)

8 March 2013 - Lexington, London

R.Ring, Golden Grrrls, Slushy Guts and Equinox (Pictures)

On Our iPod

Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold (album)

Antony Harding - Why Do Birds Suddenly Appear (album)

Black Angels - Indigo Meadow (album)

Thee Oh Sees - Floating Coffin (album)

Still Corners - Strange Pleasures (album)

Savages - Silence Yourself (album)

Mikal Cronin - MC II (album)

Can’s Ege Bamyasi played by Stephen Malkmus and Friends(album)

Victoria and Jacob - Festival 7"

Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City (album)

Sauna Youth - False Jesii Part II 7”

Lightning Bolt - Oblivion Hunter

Robyn Hitchcock - There Goes The Ice (2x 12")

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Mary Epworth and the Jubilee Band
Black Doe Hand of Glory 7”

Article written by Ged M - Nov 12, 2009

The follow up to the wonderful ‘Saddle Song’ is excellent in its own way. This psychedelic folk has a pagan power; a banjo picks out a rhythm while synths oscillate wildly around it, and then the song crashes into a sort of industrial metal stomp for the ultra-catchy chorus, to the accompaniment of strident strings and bold horns. It’s alive with some supernatural force that makes it utterly irresistible. By contrast, ‘Lean’ on the flipside is back to her folky roots; the lone organ accompaniment shows off Mary’s gorgeous melancholic tones perfectly. Brilliant.

Links:
http://www.maryepworth.com/
http://www.myspace.com/handofglory7
http://www.myspace.com/maryepworth